NGC 1076
NGC 1076
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1076 as it looked roughly 98 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 1145Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1163Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 210Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1163Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1309Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1231Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 210Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).